Thursday 4 March 2021

The Namakaranam of PaalaGuttaPalleBags

  

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Komakkambedu Himakiran
consider telugu name...let people figure out what it means..
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  • Aparna Krishnan
    i would do all that ! Just that from their point of view, what will bring in more orders also has to be factored in ...
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  • Komakkambedu Himakiran
    wrong....what's the point in naming something that attempts to revitalise local livelihoods in a language not their own?
    this very premise is why wehave lost so much and still losing...
    Jallikattu is a tamil word that is universal now! Stick to your guns and name it in Telugu...
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Looking for a name for the #PaalaguttapalleBags the women stitch. As maybe this is a tongue twister.
Please suggest.
The Village Bag ? PGP Bags ? or any other ideas ...

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  • Venkatraman Raghupathi
    Native bag
    Viilage craft
    Handi bag
    Easy carry
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  • Dhivakar Gopal
    Car(E) bags
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  • Mayura Yadav
    The village bag👍🏼
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    • Kavya Ecofeminist
      I feel that this name is good... Doesn't lose the Paalaguttepalle identity, but still sounds fashionable, and pags sound similar to bags!!!
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Rhymes with PIGs !
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  • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
    What does paalaguttapalle mean ?
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      the village (palle) under the milky (paala) gutte (hill) !
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    • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
      That’s nice something to remind one of that .?
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    • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
      Milky Hill ? Hmm why so?
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    • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
      Milky Hill bags
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      sounds like an american product !!
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    • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
      Hmm I don’t think so ..
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    • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
      I thought it will get people to ask about the name ..get the original name and understand a bit more about it ..
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    • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
      Anyways a suggestion
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    • Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
      Esp if you try to reach other language speaking people it helps
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    • Mohua Lahiri
      Keep the original with the translation below it. I also agree that the identity of the village needs to figure there.
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    • Arindam Ghosh
      I will not translate. But may be a small embroidery of mountain or such like a logo if possible. Also may be one page explaining the initiative mailed as a part of the parcel. You can explain the meaning there.
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  • Amit Rao
    BagPal 🙂
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  • Rommel Shunmugam
    The name is its identity...let the tongue twister be...it is so very unique...and that village needs to be known
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  • Anirudhra Boganadham
    Actually, milky hill also sounds cool akka
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  • Alwar Narayanan
    Palle_sanji or Pallebags
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  • Padmini Natarajan
    Milky Hill Bags
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  • Ramanan Jagannathan
    Keep PaalaGutta Bags. it has a story
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    • Nath Kal
      Brilliant name. Underneath in smaller cursive letters 'The Village Bag (optional)
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Yes I also feel the village name matters. Only its so long ! 
      Arun Kombai
       said that when X tries to tell Y about it, he may not be able to remember the name. That is a point.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      But 
      Arun Kombai
      , we rember Czechoslovakia ! And Argentina !! And Venkatasubramaniam !!!
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    • Arun Kombai
      Hahah 😃 its just those names appeared million times on news, article, travel magazines and so on "Venkatasubramaniam" croossed centuries... it had the marketing reach. Anyname would have the reach if we could spend money 😕 so i am looking for cheapest and best way "Word of mouth"
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    • Ramanan Jagannathan
      It comes with familiarity. What matters is the story around it and how well it is narrated . Also PGB - pretty Good Bags 😊
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    • Sonali Rao
      ^akka. English per la theriyum. Aana namma ooru mattum dhaan theriyadhu. Let the new person learn the name. You may want to print the meaning on the bag or your blog. Aana idhe per irukkanum 🙂
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    • Kannan T
      Yes, Paalagutta would be apt. It has a unique feel to it and sounds generic too. Like Tirunelveli alva or Manaparai murukku. That way anybody from the village can sell these bags anywhere, no? Why create a brand that the entire village cannot own?
      If you want to add a jazzy touch, you can add a caption, the Real Bio Bag or something 🙂
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      yes. but the jazz does not gell with paalaguttapalle somehow. !!
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    • Kannan T
      And before we think of whether others can pronounce/recall it or not, the villagers should be able to pronounce it and identify with it.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      My line too. But caught between essential beliefs, and the fact that the customer is the urban, and today livlihoods and money is the crisis.
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    • Aravinda Pillalamarri
      Whatever the name there can also be a tagline used in marketing materials. For example: The Village Bag ... made in Palaguttapalle. OR Gramin Bag ... from Palagutapalle.
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    • Aravinda Pillalamarri
      PrettyGoodBags ... from Palaguttapalle
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    • Rahul Banerjee
      Drop palle because it just means hamlet and the name becomes manageable.
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  • Renuka Pinto
    The Village Bag is nice, simple and hints at the story behind them
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  • Anil Madan
    PAG BAG
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  • Anil Madan
    Or you could create a brand - ConserVillage
    And have bags, textiles, foods, garments under it
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Thats a nice pun !
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    • Ramanan Jagannathan
      Nice. 'PaalaGutte' is the brand and under that you have various produce. Bags , pickles , and so on... but keep PaalaGutte and narrate the story. that will have a personal touch rather than generic names.
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      Aparna Krishnan
       I do see a point. They do make Pickles. Completely missed it.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Thats OK. Everything can come under that umbrella name which can be anything - also Bags !
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Finally the common issue is village. A specific village. Real people. Real strengths and real crises.
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  • Aravinda Pillalamarri
    I like The Village Bag.
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  • Kokilashree Alangaram
    GramaJeevani meaning rural livelihood or lifeline
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  • Bharat Varma
    "Palagut" bag.
    "Palagut" pickle.
    And so on.
    1. Retains the basic name of the village (and the bag can contain a tag with the full name and its meaning).
    2. It's very simple to call out and remember.
    3. Very distinctive - important for good branding.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Paalagutta is as good ?
      Because the word is Gutta (hill). Gut means nothing.
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    • Bharat Varma
      One more syllable, so slightly more complex to utter and remember.
      I thought keeping it very simple was better. Retain the character (of the village name) but keep it simple enough to just trip off the tongue.
      Gut also sounds like good, subconsciously.
      Try saying it out aloud.
      Pala-Gut
      I prefer it.
      Ask your friends, the workers.
      Also your buyers.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Yes, I understand.
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    • Bharat Varma
      Ask the girls what they prefer out of palagutta or palagut.
      I may simply be putting on my pseudo sophisticated biases in my choice - so check what they find more attractive.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      yes, thats what i was thinking. i will ask them to decide out of some suggestions.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Its their enterprise, not ours.
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    • Bharat Varma
      Yours too, really.
      You're very much a partner from what I understand. 🙂
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      i am their clerk.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      and neighnour and friend.
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  • Lavanya Lakshmanan
    Gutta Bags
    Moor Bags
    Jeevan Bags
    Utta Bags
    Vill Bags
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  • Pankajalakshmi Ram
    Jeevani bags, the ones which gave a source of living to the girls
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  • Komakkambedu Himakiran
    consider telugu name...let people figure out what it means..
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  • Arindam Ghosh
    PaalaGutta sounds fine. I am just reminded of the Naxalbari village in Bengal and how everybody identified the Maoist movent as Naxal. Just speaking linguistically. This is not the space debate on the movement,😀.
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  • Aravinda Pillalamarri
    Here is another approach to the name. How about Remember Your Bag!
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  • Aravinda Pillalamarri
    or Don't forget!
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  • Sampatt Shetty
    Tag a pallebag
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  • Subha Bharadwaj
    Palle bags, palle pickles or p.g.palle
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  • Amarendra Srivastava
    Totally different take. How about a brand name like Swaraj? With tag lines of The Village Bag or The Village Pickle and so on. Let it not be just a branding exercise. Let's design a name for revolution - Then these bags are like a badge of honour and a fierce revolutionary statement and action.
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  • Arindam Ghosh
    That may be your wish. But is that how the women designing the bags really feel. They may identify with their village rather than a revolution. It is ultimately their call.
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  • Arindam Ghosh
    BTW they can always print bags with Swaraj written on them if you can provide the orders.
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  • Shashi Kumar Reddy Arjula
    Please keep it as Palaguttapalle and it will really establish as a brand...
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    I shall help with Brand, Image Management and B2B2C Commerce Portal completely free of cost from my personal contribution to the society.
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  • Prabha Krishnan
    Paalapye. Or Parnapye.
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  • Kodiganti Sreedhar
    Madam name it as DESI BAG and tag with paalaguttapalli bag in small letters
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  • Vigneshwaran RK
    My vote for PALAGUTTA or PALAGUTTA'S , with a tag line like "Gram Swaraj" .
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  • Subha Bharadwaj
    Kranthi is also a good name
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  • Subha Bharadwaj
    With tag line of p.g.palle bags& pickles. Launch it on 'womans day '
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  • Adharshila Learning Centre
    I sggest Gandhi Bag.. like Gandhi topi.
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  • Sujatha Rajendran
    CARE - E- BAGS.
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  • Adharshila Learning Centre
    Swajholi, सjholi whatever it is should be in local language
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  • Aparna Parinam
    Bags with care!
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  • Suresh Rangarajan
    I like the ring "Paalaguttapalle Bags" has to it. Like Banganapalli Mangoes.
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    • Aparna Krishnan
      Me too. Only what 
      Arun Kombai
       pointed out was that if A comes across it, and wants to suggest it to B, he may foget the name. The name has to be 'easy'. Marketing requirements. So wondering if a 'compromise; will be PaalaGuttaBag
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    • Suresh Rangarajan
      Reminds me of my ex-boss whose US colleague said, I can't pronounce your name. He ensured that the colleague pronounces "Parthasarathy" correctly.
      Don't let go of your brand just cos some lazy person can't take the effort to pronounce it.
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  • Aparna Krishnan
    It has been a fascinating collective trip, this post, the search for a name. For the village bags. From Paalaguttapalle. The varied suggestions, the myriad perspectives we have walked through. Together.
    From the local to the global.
    We never hoped for this level of engagement. The day Arun, Lavanya and Vignesh came home and we wondered what name could be best for the womens bags. Arun suggested, "Post and ask for suggestions."
    I posted.
    Many have advised going local, staying rooted, having a name that makes sense to the actual owners of the bags and of the name. We ourselves veer towards Roots.
    Paalaguttapalle seemed long, but as a friend said, people do know Banganapalle mangoes !
    Hima, from his Jallikattu voyage, was categorical, "Stay local in name, when talking of the Local. Give a Telugu name. Stick to your guns."
    The other thread with 
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    Vigneshwaran Karthikeyan
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    Arun Kombai
     and myself was remarkable in its tenor. Where everyone started with different positions, and the way the discussions proceeded with each looking at other points of view, and reaching a happy consensus.
    And as Arun rounded it " I am for Paalaguttapalle .They way i see we always surrender to our sentiment and nothing wrong in it 😄
    if branding is the challenge, then lets deal that as challenge. Lets brand only PaalaGuttaPalle.
    Roots pulls us to the roots."
    Thanks to everyone who shared this trip that is really Anita's, Rani's, Annapurna's, Varalu's, Buji's, Roopa's and Lakshmikantha's. They all like the name. It belongs to them.
    As 
    Kannan Thandapani
     said, " And before we think of whether others can pronounce/recall it or not, the villagers should be able to pronounce it and identify with it."
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    And then it is PaalaGuttaPalle Bags ! The women were clear they wanted their village name on their enterprise.
    This was such an interesting thread. Loved all the discussions around the name !
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